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Oct 15 - Oct 21, 2012 Edition

2013 SAN FRANCISCO BOOK FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES

SAN FRANCISCO _ The 2013 San Francisco Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the spring.

The 2013 San Francisco Book Festival will consider non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books, compilations/anthologies, young adult, how-to, cookbooks, science fiction, business, history, wild card, gay, photography/art, poetry, unpublished, technology and spiritual/religious works. There is no date of publication deadline.

Our grand prize for the 2013 San Francisco Book Festival is $1500 cash and a flight to San Francisco for our gala awards ceremony on Saturday, May 18.

Submitted works will be judged by a panel of industry experts using the following criteria:

1) General excellence and the author's passion for telling a good story.
2) The potential of the work to reach a wider audience.

TO ENTER: Entry forms are available online at sanfranciscobookfestival.com or may be faxed/e-mailed to you. Please contact our office a t323-665-8080 for fax requests. Applications must be accompanied by a non-refundable entry fee of $50 in the form of a check, money order or PayPal online payment in U.S. dollars for each submission. Multiple submissions are permitted but each entry must be accompanied by a separate form and entry fee.

AWARDS: The San Francisco Book Festival selection committee reserves the right to determine the eligibility of any project.